Ep. 6: End of the First Trimester! (13 and 17 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Shanna reports on how pregnancy has affected her appetite, and Laura discusses being at the tail-end of the first trimester. Also, in the special segment "Internet Insanity," things get wacky as Shanna and Laura discuss what’s going down in the online baby forums, including fake pregnancy tests, old wives' tales and and more! Finally, the moms-to-be divulge their highs and lows (BFPs and BFNs) this week. Laura is 13 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 17 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 13 of pregnancy
-Week 17 of pregnancy
-Telling work you are pregnant
-Pregnancy affect on appetite
-End of first trimester
-Dying hair while pregnant
-Fake pregnancy tests
-Pregnancy old wives' tales
-Being pregnant at work
-Pregnancy heartburn
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm Laura. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm Shauna. |
| 0:07.5 | And we are friends and writing partners who happen to be pregnant at the exact same time. |
| 0:12.0 | So we decided to start a podcast about it. |
| 0:14.4 | This week we do our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:16.9 | We have our segment called Internet Insanity, where Laura wonders if a certain someone is stealing her beauty, and we do our weekly BFPs and BFNs to hit the highs and lows of our week. |
| 0:28.0 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:31.0 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:33.4 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:34.4 | This is episode six. |
| 0:36.2 | We got to do our weekly check-ins, Shana. |
| 0:38.5 | So what's been going on with you this week? |
| 0:40.8 | So I am week 17 now. |
| 0:44.2 | And oh my God, I am so hungry. |
| 0:49.0 | I mean, insane hunger. |
| 0:51.9 | I was kind of hungry in the first trimester, but the nausea offsets that really, |
| 0:55.5 | and I just, you know, I didn't eat a ton, but now it is on. It, like, I can eat an entire, |
| 1:03.0 | like, I don't know, eight inch sub sandwich and chips and so it's soda. It's just crazy. And so, of |
| 1:10.8 | course, I'm like gaining more weight now which |
| 1:12.6 | is totally fine I mean I'm pregnant I know I'm supposed to do that but I'm just like starting to |
| 1:17.4 | feel it now you know I'm up um I think I'm up like nine pounds and I just feel I don't know |
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